Monday - May 20, 2024
U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Kentucky Newsletter for Saturday May 04, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Dr. Paul Joins Sen. Johnson in Sending Letter Demanding Biden Reject "Unacceptable" WHO Agreements
WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) joined U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and the entire Senate Republican conference in sending a letter to President Biden calling for his administration to withdraw its support for two international agreements being considered at this month's World Health Assembly (WHA) that would grant greater authority to the dysfunctional World Health Organization (WHO) and potentially   more

Hearing Wrap Up: EcoHealth Alliance Should Be Criminally Investigated, Formally Debarred
WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled "A Hearing with the President of EcoHealth Alliance, Dr. Peter Daszak" to examine EcoHealth Alliance's (EcoHealth) use of U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). This hearing also served to hold Dr. Daszak pub  more

House Oversight Committee Chairman Comer, Oversight Republicans Call for Budget Cuts in FY 2025 for Biden Admin Agencies Obstructing Congressional Oversight
WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and several Committee Republicans today called on the Committee on Appropriations to use the power of the purse to hold government agencies accountable by withholding funding in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget from agencies who have failed to cooperate with overs  more